"Well, she didn't have any right to them."
"I know that well enough."
"I—I was going to send them to you," faltered the girl. She scarcely knew what to say.
"Really," returned Philip Bartlett, dryly. "Well, I will save you the trouble."
"It's a shame to suspect an innocent girl like me," said Mamie Jackson, bursting into tears.
"My sister never did anything wrong," put in the other woman.
"As I have my papers I won't argue with you," returned Mr. Bartlett. "But when the proper time comes you may have to explain how you happened to get the papers."
"Are you going to haul Mr. Bangs into court?"
"Perhaps."
"Well, I will tell what I know about them, if it will do any good. Mrs. Bangs and a man named Tuller plotted to keep the papers out of your reach. They opened the safe and took the papers out just before you came with that constable."